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Now you see it, now you don't

cultural property: past, present and future

Senior Reporter
Published Friday, January 25, 2008

A tight knot of people crowd around one edge of the new Greek and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A woman in beret and riding boots, a father with his young sons and other visitors to the New York museum quietly jockey for position to snatch a last glimpse of a fallen warrior carried to his rest by winged Sleep and Death.

The famous Euphronios krater left its former home at the Met last week after a steady stream of pilgrims paid their respects on Jan. 13, its last day on view. The Greek red-figure vase, which dates to the sixth century B.C., was probably used to...

#1 By (Anonymous) 10:18p.m. on January 31, 2008

Oh for shame! No one's commented on this? Summer, what a great article addressing the serious issues about museum ethics!

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